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About Toruvai Village

Toruvai is a mid sized village in Vanur tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 800, made up of 388 males and 412 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 252.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 605111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Toruvai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Toruvai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Viluppuram
Tehsil Vanur
Pincode 605111
Area (hectares) 252.24 hectares
Population 800
Male Population 388
Female Population 412
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
Bus Service (public) Available within 2 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 38 km distance

How Toruvai compares

By the 2011 count Toruvai is the 60th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,085 residents. Its 252.24 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Toruvai

Toruvai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Toruvai as Available within 2 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 38 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Toruvai from other places

Toruvai lies about 34 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Puducherry, about 11 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Toruvai
Tehsil headquarters Vanur 6.3 km
Nearest town Kottaikuppam 8.5 km
Nearest railway station Puducherry 11 km
District headquarters Viluppuram 34 km

Villages closest to Toruvai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Vanur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Toruvai

As per the Census of India 2011, Toruvai village had a population of 800. That makes it the 60th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,085 residents.

Toruvai village has 388 males and 412 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Toruvai has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Toruvai is 605111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Toruvai covers 252.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Toruvai falls under Vanur tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Toruvai is Puducherry, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 38 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 2 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Toruvai.

Toruvai is about 34 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Toruvai is in Vanur tehsil of Viluppuram district. Vanur is about 6.3 km away. Kottaikuppam is about 8.5 km away. Puducherry is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Irumbai (1.6 km), Royapudupakkam (2.0 km) and Acharampattu (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Toruvai today is likely to be higher.

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